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Ryan Schweitzer |
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March 28, 2004 05:54:18pm |
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Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Hello,
I am having some issues with downloading some of the files from the Feature Films section. I've tried downloading 3 files, the MPEG-2 versions of Reefer Madness, Sex madness, and DOA, all from movies05.archive.org, movies05-bu.archive.org, and movies04-bu.archive.org respectively. But with each one, the download always craps out partway, I get an error message under Internet Explorer saying the connection timed out.
I don't have this problem with downloading Prelinger films, I am assuming it has something to do with the servers involved with teh Feature Films section?
Thanks,
Ryan
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A/V Geek Skip |
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March 29, 2004 01:13:34pm |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Ryan, you may wish to try using a download program such as GetRight - which allows you to resume downloads if there are such errors.
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Ryan Schweitzer |
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April 01, 2004 09:41:18am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Well, I tried GetRight, and it reported having to restart the download about 6-8 times, not to mention restarting the download from the beginning, basically going nowhere. So obviously I would assume there's something wrong with the server/backbone/etc., or maybe it's my ISP or something or other. I'm suprised no one else has posted any messages regarding difficulties downloading from the Feature Films section...
-Ryan
This post was modified by Ryan Schweitzer on 2004-04-01 17:41:18
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A/V Geek Skip |
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April 01, 2004 09:51:07am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
What type of Internet connection do you have - DSL, Cable, T1, dialup?
Which version of Windows?
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Ryan Schweitzer |
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April 01, 2004 10:08:12am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Well, I have a cable internet connection shared by a 4-port router/firewall, and I am accessing it from a computer attached to that router/firewall via wired ethernet running Win98 SE....
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A/V Geek Skip |
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April 01, 2004 10:20:30am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Specifically which file are you trying to download?
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Ryan Schweitzer |
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April 01, 2004 07:40:44pm |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
The MPEG-2 file for DOA (doa_1949.mpeg). I've also tried to download the MPEG-2 files for Reefer Madness and Sex Madness, with the same problems...
This post was modified by Ryan Schweitzer on 2004-04-02 03:40:44
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A/V Geek Skip |
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April 05, 2004 03:39:25pm |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Hey Ryan, try to download one of the smaller files - like one of the mpeg-4 files.
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Ryan Schweitzer |
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April 06, 2004 08:01:18am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Ok, I'll try that. I'm now thinking that the trouble might be my computer, since a download of one of the Prelinger films timed out too, and I've never had any difficulty with the Prelinger films. I've reinstalled Windows on my machine in question, , but I haven't tried again to dowenload any of the feature films. I'll try again, and if that doesn't work, I'll try downloading one fo the MPEG-4 files like you've recommended...
-Ryan
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 Brak |
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March 28, 2004 06:30:50pm |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
I don't have IE, but can you download any file over 2GB with it?
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rgs_uk |
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April 12, 2004 04:33:11am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
I downloaded Captain Calamity and, though it said the download had completed, the end is missing from the film.
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rgs_uk |
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April 12, 2004 09:01:36am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Could that possibly be due to the limit on file size in Windows? 2Gb is one of the limits?
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simon c |
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April 12, 2004 11:07:51am |
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2gb issues (was Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films...) |
Hey,
Researching this a little further, if you're always having trouble with files that stop downloading at 2gb, the earlier FAT filesystem Windows file system do indeed have a file limit of that size - I think the original Windows 95, before upgrades, had this problem - I found
an article which mentions this problem on InformIT.com.
[Oh, I note
someone else replied with a similar comment - some versions of Windows 98 have the same problem, looks like an upgrade to NTFS might help you.]
s!
This post was modified by simon c on 2004-04-12 18:07:51
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simon c |
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April 12, 2004 11:04:53am |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
Which version of Captain Calamity seemed to have the end missing? (MPEG1, 2 or 4?) I'll download it and see if I can replicate it
s!
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rgs_uk |
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April 12, 2004 04:16:39pm |
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Re: Downloading difficulties with feature films... |
The MPEG1 version. Looking at the file size, I only got 164Mb of it and the program details say 187Mb...
The end is missing from Lying Lips too. Again MPEG1. These all seemed to complete successfully, downloading with Opera.
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